1. The first cartoons were made soon after the first films. In 1906, Stuart Blackton drew a lot of faces on a blackboard, photographed them and made a short cartoon called “Funny Faces”.

2. In 1914, Winsor McCay made a short cartoon called “Gertie the Dinosaur”. People loved it because it had a character named Gertie who was the first cartoon character. Another popular cartoon character was Felix the Cat. When people saw the first cartoon about Felix, they liked him so much that the studio made cartoons about him again and again. “Felix the Cat” was the first cartoon series.

3. At that time, cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Walt Disney was the first to make cartoons with sounds and colour. In 1928, Disney drew a funny character for a cartoon — a mouse Disney called him Mickey. Then he drew a friend for Mickey and called her Minnie Mouse. Cartoons with Mickey and Minnie became hits!

4. In 1937, The Disney Studio made the first long cartoon called “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Next came “Dumbo”, “Bambi”, “Peter Pan”, “The Jungle Book” and other films. They became very popular. The Disney Studio became one of the most popular studios in the world.

5. In 1995, children all over the world saw the first computer-animated cartoon, “Toy Story”. Then came “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3”. Some other computer cartoons are “Shrek” and “Madagascar”.